The cops on the Second City Cop blog complain about this exact thing and did long before the ferguson mess. The cops don’t want to police this way, as revenue collectors.
“The cops don’t want to police this way, as revenue collectors.”
That’s a very interesting and important comment.
Yeah, but it’s not a racially discriminatory system. ALL citizens are subject to it. Heck, the non-’black’ citizens are more likely to be targeted since they are more likely to have more ready money LOL!
I think it’s good to collect law enforcement costs from law breakers than the law abiding, though it can go too far.
A friend’s young relative got in trouble with the law and was very perplexed at my statement: “Well, at least you’re keeping my property taxes down!”